Nu'maan Bey

Nu'maan Bey (died 1191) was an Imam of the Ayyubid Caliphate. He was hired by the regent of Jerusalem Majd ud-Din, to scare the people of the city into submitting to him and giving up names of those who opposed him, calling out to crowds daily.

Biography
Nu'maan Bey was born in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and became an Imam, spreading the word of the Muslim Quran. When Majd ud-Din was appointed as regent of Jerusalem after Salah ad-Din conquered the city and set out to fight the Third Crusade in 1189, Nu'maan Bey was recruited by Majd ud-Din as a herald. He convinced large crowds that Majd ud-Din was there to help them become better people when they were wrong, but scared them, saying that if they opposed them, they would meet their end. Furthermore, he convinced the people to turn in others that they knew who opposed him.

Death
In 1191, Hashshashin Master Assassin Altair Ibn-La'Ahad was sent to Jerusalem to assassinate Majd ud-Din, hoping to liberate the city from his corrupt and fearsome rule and help the people to live freely. He followed Nu'maan Bey after one of his speeches and beat him into talking; Bey told Altair to talk to Majd at one of his executions when he was really talkative. Altair then stabbed him in the chest with hidden blades to make sure that there were no witnesses to the death of Majd ud-Din.